Subhyracodon
| Subhyracodon | |
|---|---|
| |
| Subhyracodon occidentalis skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | †Subhyracodon Brandt, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Subhyracodon occidentalis | |
| Species[2] | |
| |
| Synonyms | |
Subhyracodon (Latin: "below the genus chalicotheres.[6] Subhyracodon had no horns, relying more on its speed to escape from predators, but a species found at Wind Cave National Park had a pair of bony nasal ridges.[citation needed] The genus Caenopus and species originally referred to as Aceratherium were synonymized into Subhyracodon.[7] It has been suggested to be one of the oldest known members of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae by some studies,[8] though other studies place it firmly outside the Rhinocerotinae-Elasmotheriinae split.[9]
References
- ^ Prothero, 2005, p. 41.
- ^ Prothero, 2005, pp. 40-47.
- ^ McKenna & Bell, 1997, p. 481.
- ^ a b c Prothero, 2005, p. 43.
- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database: Subhyracodon mitis". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ C.C. O'Harra (1920). The White River Badlands. Rapid City, SD: South Dakota School of Mines. p. 181.
- S2CID 53726338.
- .